George Stanton Denison (1914 - 1987)

Born 1 May 1914 in Chicago, Cook, Illinois, United States

Ancestors

Died 27 Sep 1987 at age 73 in Chicago, Cook, Illinois, United States

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Biography

George Denison is a part of US Black heritage.

George was born in 1914. He was the son of Franklin Denison and Edna Brown.

He passed away in 1987.

Research Notes

• The birth record is a late recording of birth. The whole family has 1925 records of birth.

• George was an advertising agent.

• George served in the Army during WWII. He enlisted as a private in 1942.

• George married Irene Stokes (married name Warren) sometime between 1946 and 1950.

• The child counted with George and Irene on the 1950 U.S. Census was his niece, Anita Mae Carswell. She was (likely the only surviving) the daughter of George's sister Dorothy Rose (Denison) Carswell (1911-1933).

Sources

• "Illinois, Cook County, Birth Certificates, 1871-1949", database, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QKDC-1RXW : 6 October 2022), George Stanton Denison, 1925.

• "United States World War II Army Enlistment Records, 1938-1946," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:K8G4-M8M : 5 December 2014), George S Denison, enlisted 27 Mar 1942, Chicago, Illinois, United States; citing "Electronic Army Serial Number Merged File, ca. 1938-1946," database, The National Archives: Access to Archival Databases (AAD) (http://aad.archives.gov : National Archives and Records Administration, 2002); NARA NAID 1263923, National Archives at College Park, Maryland.

• "Illinois, Cook County Deaths, 1871-1998," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QGNX-HW2M : 18 March 2018), George Denison, 27 Sep 1987; citing Chicago, Cook, Illinois, United States, source reference , record number , Cook County Courthouse, Chicago; FHL microfilm .

• Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/137259710/george-s-denison: accessed 07 December 2022), memorial page for George S Denison (1 May 1914–27 Sep 1987), Find a Grave Memorial ID 137259710, citing Oak Woods Cemetery, Chicago, Cook County, Illinois, USA; Maintained by Time Traveler (contributor 47770418) .Find A Grave: Memorial #137259710

• "United States Census, 1920", database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MJSN-6HM : 1 February 2021), George Stanton Denison in entry for Franklin A Denison, 1920.

• "United States Census, 1930," database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XSTM-R61 : accessed 7 December 2022), George Dennerson in household of Franklin Dennerson, Chicago (Districts 0001-0250), Cook, Illinois, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) ED 93, sheet 6A, line 40, family 173, NARA microfilm publication T626 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 2002), roll 419; FHL microfilm 2,340,154.

• "United States Census, 1940," database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:KWTL-2WB : 8 January 2021), George Dennison in household of Edna Abbott, Chicago, Cook, Illinois, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) 103-145, sheet 9B, line 59, family 210, Sixteenth Census of the United States, 1940, NARA digital publication T627. Records of the Bureau of the Census, 1790 - 2007, RG 29. Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 2012, roll 925.